12 BULBS AND TUBEROUS -ROOTED PLANTS. 



ular name applied in the same manner as that of Calla 

 Lily to Kichardia, or Japonica to the Camellia. The 

 genus formerly included Hippeastrum, Brunsvigia, 

 Crinum, Nerine, Sprekelia, Sternbergia, Vallota and 

 Zephyranthes. These, and their species and varieties, 

 will be noticed in the above order on the immediately 

 succeeding pages, being here grouped together for the 

 reader's convenience. 



The genus Amaryllis consists of but one sjpecies. 



A. Belladonna. The Belladonna Lily. A native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, it is naturalized in Madeira, 

 and is also found in Portugal and Italy. It would be 

 largely grown because of the remarkable beauty of its 

 flowers, if it bloomed a little later in the season, when 

 cut flowers are in greater demand, or if it could be grown 

 outside, or even in a cold frame. Its requirements are 

 a strong growth of the leaves, and absolute rest from 

 midsummer till the period of flowering, in September. 

 The bulbs should be planted in June or July, when they 

 are at rest, in not less than seven-inch pots ; the soil 

 should be rather sandy and rich, but free from fresh 

 manure. The flowers, than which none are more beau- 

 tiful, appear the last of August ; they are very large, 

 white, delicately shaded with pink or light purple, and 

 are immediately followed by leaves, which must have an 

 opportunity to perfect their growth, without injury 

 from frost, or neglect of any kind ; if they are not so 

 perfected there will be no flowers the following year. 

 This necessitates a favorable position in the greenhouse, 

 which cannot be provided in commercial houses. In pri- 

 vate establishments, the room for a reasonable number 

 of pots can be well provided, and there they should be 

 found, as no finer objects for decorative purposes can be 

 seen than these, when well grown. 



A. B. var. pallida. A variety with smaller flow- 

 ers, of a paler color, formerly called Belladonna minor a 



